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Date:      Fri, 6 Dec 2013 20:47:16 -0600
From:      Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com>
To:        Glen Barber <gjb@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, delphij@freebsd.org, "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com>
Subject:   Re: docs/184550: bc -q option not documented in man page
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On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 8:42 PM, Glen Barber <gjb@freebsd.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 06, 2013 at 08:41:29PM -0600, Adam Vande More wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 8:18 PM, Glen Barber <gjb@freebsd.org> wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, Dec 06, 2013 at 09:12:30PM -0500, Eitan Adler wrote:
> > > > all options should be documented.  An undocumented option is a bug.
> > > > If we don't want people using it we should document as such.
> > > >
> > >
> > > It is documented.
> > >
> > >                 case 'q':
> > >                         /* compatibility option */
> > >                         break;
> > >
> >
> > Source code comments IMO don't qualify for docs.
> >
> > It should be documented in the man page.  There are plenty of other
> > examples cite option X is there for compatibility/historical purposes.
> >  Most users aren't going to review the source code for docs.
> >
>
> Since it does nothing, it absolutely applies, IMHO.
>

You're right, it is < trivial.  However it's still technically a bug.
 Maybe there is no good reason for q's existence.


-- 
Adam



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